{"id":15047,"date":"2017-10-10T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15047"},"modified":"2017-10-10T00:52:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T04:52:08","slug":"videos-spacex-falcon-9-launches-10-satellites-booster-lands-on-droneship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15047","title":{"rendered":"Videos: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 10 satellites &#038; booster lands on droneship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a> Falcon 9 rocket launched ten <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iridium.com\/network\/iridiumnext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iridium NEXT satellites<\/a> on Monday from Vandenberg AFB on the California coast. The first stage booster landed on a floating platform at sea, becoming the 17th successful landing either at sea or on land.<\/p>\n<p>A video of the liftoff and first few minutes of the launch:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EglFZRFBoTA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This shows scenes of the booster landing at about 1:30:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OyLK0aPOpEE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is a video showing some of the satellites being deployed from the upper stage of the rocket:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m8uZ9L-xAOw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is a photo of the launch taken by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dosgatos.com\/astroindex.html\" target=\"_d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.dosgatos.com\/astroindex.html\">Anthony\u00a0<span class=\"scayt-misspell-word\" data-scayt-word=\"Galv\u00e1n\" data-scayt-lang=\"en_US\">Galv\u00e1n<\/span>\u00a0III<\/a>\u00a0:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The view through heavy cloud cover\u00a050 miles for the launch site\u00a0provided a dramatic effect of the booster engine&#8217;s flames illuminating the clouds from the launch site and a\u00a0small opening to see the rocket for a few seconds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Space-X-Falcon-9-AnthonyGalvanIII.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15048\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=15048\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Space-X-Falcon-9-AnthonyGalvanIII.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"730,485\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Space-X-Falcon-9-AnthonyGalvanIII\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Space-X-Falcon-9-AnthonyGalvanIII.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15048\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Space-X-Falcon-9-AnthonyGalvanIII.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Space-X-Falcon-9-AnthonyGalvanIII.jpg 730w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Space-X-Falcon-9-AnthonyGalvanIII-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This video was taken from about 100 miles from Vandenberg but is still\u00a0quite impressive, especially when the booster separates from the upper stage and fires its booster to return to earth at around 2:40 :<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W6rifgm5Wts?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is the full SpaceX webcast:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SB4N4xF2B2w?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=mp3&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=e925371d9a71da991024e906063e8170&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched ten Iridium NEXT satellites on Monday from Vandenberg AFB on the California coast. The first stage booster landed on a floating platform at sea, becoming the 17th successful landing either at sea or on land. A video of the liftoff and first few minutes of the launch: This shows &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15047\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 10 satellites &#038; booster lands on droneship<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3UH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17201,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17201","url_meta":{"origin":15047,"position":0},"title":"Videos: Recent rocket launches &#8211; SpaceX Falcon 9, Ariane 5, Russian Soyuz and Rokot","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"** Dec. 5: SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon Resupply Mission (CRS-16) from Cape Canaveral: Falcon 9 successfully lofts CRS-16 Dragon enroute to ISS \u2013 Booster spins out but soft lands in water \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com https:\/\/youtu.be\/3MFo-H44h7Q [ Update 3: Another good view of the booster. 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